The Vista October 3, 1985

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Homecoming festivities to highlight Lillard DECADE F

By Melissa Mercer "The Decade of Excellence" will mark Central State University's homecoming theme in recognition of President Bill Lillard's tenth anniversary with the school. Homecoming festivities will begin at 8 tonight with a Homecoming Dance at the University Center Ballroom. The dance will last until 11 p.m. A homecoming cookout and pep rally will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, north of the at the home of Stanley and Kathryn Kunc, University Center. This will be followed by 607 Timber Lane. Dr. Reba Collins will an "Old Timers" dinner at 6:30 p.m., ittk, serve as hostess. the University Center Ballroom for all who attended CSU prior to 1950. Tickets are $8 Saturday all alumni and former students are asked to register in the lobby of the per person and will be sold at the door. Also on Friday, the Green Country University Center from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. A Chapter of the CSU Alumni Association breakfast for past presidents of the Alumni will host a hospitality room from 5-9 p.m. Association will be served at 8 a.m. in the

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Red Bud Room at the University Center. Tickets are $4. A breakfast for CSU lettermen also will be served Saturday. All athletic lettermen and their guests are invited to attend. Breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. in to University Center Frontier Room. Tickets are $4 and will be available at the door. The annual homecoming parade is

scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Participants are asked to be at Max Chambers Library no later than 9 a.m. to assemble in assigned order. Following the parade, a homecoming luncheon to honor distinguished former students is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. in the University Center Ballroom. All alumni, former students and guests are invited to attend. The Classes of 1935, 1960 and 1975 will be recognized. Tickets are $8. At 2 p.m. the Bronchos will meet Angelo State at Broncho stadium. Reserve tickets are $7. General admission tickets are $5 and tickets for high school age and below are $3.50. The winner of the 1985-86 homecoming queen election will be announced during halftime of the ballgame.

-VISTA

Thursday Edition

Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma

Student travels world to help others By Ed Godfrey Larri Sue Jones is not your typical college student. At 19, Jones has seen more of the world than most people will see in a lifetime. The Central State University sophomore has visited Mexico, Kenya, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Chad, Honduras and Guatemala — not exactly vacation spots of the universe. Her trips to the Central American and African countries are not social. She is part of Feed the Children, an international Christian relief organization based out of Oklahoma City. Her father, evangelist Larry Jones, is president of the group which provides food, clothing and medical supplies to underdeveloped countries. Jones, an advertising student at CSU, is president of the organization's inhouse magazine, Heartbeat. Jones made her first trip overseas in 1980 and since then she has been to Central America seven times and has worked in six African countries. Her travels have taken her to the poverty and hunger-stricken places that most people only read about. "When you first go, it is really a culture shock," said Jones. "The first time I went, I thought to myself that people couldn't be living this way. It's just not the way people live. It's incredible." Jones has yet to visit Ethiopia, but she has seen one African tribe whose children are paraplegic and quadriplegic. Most do not have any limbs.

"Those kids have the best attitudes," said Jones. "They don't sit around and think 'Ole poor pitiful me. Look what happened. to me.' They are happy and productive. "They are real giving and caring for each other. They don't fight. There's no bitterness. These kids are four and five years old and happy. They don't know they're any different." Jones' latest trip was to Mexico. From eating Mexican food one night, she suddenly found herself in Mexico City the next morning assisting the earthquake victims there. "Our gang couldn't see how anyone could still be found alive when we got there," said Jones about the earthquake's damage to the Mexican capital. "People were still being found, but they were really messed up. One lady had her leg severed, but survived." Feed the Children sent a medical staff to Mexico City, but Jones said there was not much they could do to help. She said the Oklahoma group mostly assisted with rescue dog teams searching for bodies and survivors. "They found six (survivors) while we were there," said Jones. "Teams were working around the clock. Two of the dogs died from exhaustion while we were there and another died from drinking the water. They are drinking water out of their sewer. If they had problems before, they really have problems now."

In this issue. . CSU alumni honored...page 3 Building namesake explored...page 4 Magazine joins literary group...page 6 CSU prepares for homecoming...page 7 Cross country competes at OSU...page 8

CSU student Larri Sue Jones' latest relief work took her to the Mexico City earthquake zone. Jones said it was difficult to watch the family and friends of victims waiting for workers to dig through wrecked buildings searching for bodies. "I talked to one man who was waiting for his friends to be found," she said. "It was kind of

frantic. Everytime they started digging he was hoping they would find them. It's really sad to see that." Despite her numerous trips to such impoverished places, Jones said it is something you don't get

used to seeing. "It's something we haven't gotten used to, but we have gotten accustomed to it," she said. "They are experiences I wouldn't trade for a lifetime. I've learned so much out of school. It's enhanced my life a lot."

North Central teambefoth visit campus A team of five members from the North Central Association (NCA) will be on campus Monday through Wednesday for a comprehensive evaluation of CSU and to reaffirm accreditation. Accreditation, in terms of what that means for the student, means that undergraduate students with degrees from CSU would be accepted at almost any graduate college in the nation. The last comprehensive visit by the NCA was in 1979. A follow-up visit (or focus visit) was in 1982. Faculty Senate President Ray Beasley said that the Senate is not planning to meet with the NCA. But, he said 4:30 p.m., Tuesday in room 203 of the Administration Building has been tentatively scheduled as a time when persons interested can visit with

Our accreditation is not in jeopardy," said Dr. Albert Lynd, assistant vice president academic affairs. "This is just a routine process that all colleges and universities go through on a regular basis. "This is just a reaffirmation of our accreditation." For the last 16 months, Lynd said, the University has been involved in a self-study. A final report from the self-studies was submitted to the NCA prior to the evaluation. At the end of the evaluation visit, an exit interview will be held with CSU President Dr. Bill Lillard. The team will then file a written report of the results with the NCA office and Central State University.


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